NAME

asubst - Area Substitution

SYNOPSIS

asubst [-ooutputfile] [-v] [inputfile]

DESCRIPTION

The asubst program reads inputfile or from "stdin" and performs the
following action: Characters and substrings are substituted according
to Perl-like substitution commands enclosed by surrounding area
delimiters. The substitution commands recognized are
[[s/pattern/string/options]]
[[tr/input/output/options]]
and the areas are defined by blocks delimited via
{: ... :}

EXAMPLE

OPTIONS

-ooutputfile
This redirects the output to outputfile. Usually the output will be
send to "stdout" if no such option is specified or outputfile is
""-"".
-v This sets verbose mode where some processing information will be
given on the console.